Improvement in weighing attachments for pen and pencil holders



O. G. REDMOND. Weighing Attachment for Pen and Pencil Holders.

, No. 205,575. Patented July 2,1878.

WITNESSES: LVVEJVTUR: w fi q 4M 2M PETERS, PHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER.WASHINGTON, 0 (3V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. REDMOND, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HISRIGHT TO WM. H. HENDERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WEIGHING ATTACHMENTS FOR PEN AND PENCIL HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,575, dated July 2,1878; application tiled December 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. REDMoNn, of San Jos, county of SantaClara, and State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Letter-Weighing Attachments for Pen and Pencil Holders,of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description,reference being bad to the accompanyin g drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure l is a longitudinal section of a pen orpencil holder with the letter-weighing attachment inolosed therein. Fig.2 is a perspective view of the letter-weighing attachinent.

This invention relates to improvements in letter-weighin g attachmentsfor pen and pencil holders, whereby the letterweighing attachment isadapted to be inclosed in the pen or pencil-holder and the inventionconsists in the construction and combination of parts, all ashereinafter fully described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, A represents a pen or pencil holder. B represents thepencil placed in one end of the holder A, and 0 the penholder placed onthe opposite end of said holder. D represents a lever provided with theusual scale for weighing letters, and E represents the sliding balance.

The pen-holding end 0 may be adapted for attaching the sliding balance,if so desired; or

a separate and permanent balance fitting into the pencil-case may beused, as deemed expedient.

When not in use the scale-beam D is turned down in a line with the arms11, the hook a passing into the slot between the arms. The plug F isthen withdrawn from the case (see Fig. 2) and the scalebeam first passedup into the case and the plug replaced, leaving the pencil or pen inposition ready for use.

The lever is provided at one end with a hook, a, to which the lettersare secured, and said lever is pivoted between the two arms I; b of theplug F. This plug is arranged to tit snugly in one end of the pen orpencil holder, for the purpose of inclosing the lettenweighingattachment inside of the holder, or securing it thereto when desiring touse the same.

The lever may be made in sections, (when desirous of using it on alarger scale,) and the sections secured together by an 5' suitable slideor other fastening device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent, is

The combination, with a pen or pencil holder, of the armed plug F b band pivoted lever I), having balance E and hook (I, or theirequivalents, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES ULAWSDX REDMOXI). TVitnesses:

J. E. BROWN, H. O. Nnwnv.

